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• New Orleans TPM conference (1), Jan. 1999

• New Orleans TPM conference (2), Jan. 1999

• Las Vegas TPM conference (1), Sept 1999

• Las Vegas TPM conference (2), Sept 1999

New Orleans TPM conference (1), Jan. 1999

Workshop: Understanding and applying OEE

General rating:

A 140 people attended the OEE workshops and seminars in New Orleans January 1999. I got feedback through 64 course evaluation forms. These were the average ratings:

Overall rate for the course: 15,5 = ''Good - Excellent''

Performance of the instructor: 16,5 = '' Excellent''

Some feedback you gave after participating the OEE workshops in New Orleans:

• "Good interaction - Very knowledgeable - Great examples"
  (Mark Foster, TPM Program Manager, Texas Instruments)

• "The instructor was extremely competent on the material, no matter what the situation was presented to him"
  (David Thaddock, Director ACE Program Office, Pratt & Whitney)

• "I have been involved with OEE and this explained it better to me. He reinforced the reasons for TPM & OEE"
  (Scott Miller, Wabash Alloys)

• "He did a good job"
  (Gary Griffith, TPM coordinator, Wabash Alloys)

• "I learned the real importance and power of OEE. With the work sheets it will be easier to present and explain OEE to fellow workers. Mr. Koch did a very fine job of presenting OEE"
  (Roger Watkins, General Maintenance, Wabash Alloys)

• "Arno was Excellent"
  (Bob Strout, TPM coordinator, Lemforder Corp)

• "Information was presented effectively and gave enough guidance for the implementation"
  (Alfredo Moranhassan, World Class Manager,U.S. Foundry & Manufacturing)

• "OEE studies can give you many insights. The workshop was very informative. Lots of knowledge given out. Good hands on training"
  (George Harike Sr. TPM Champion, Pratt & Whitney)

• "We are in the process of determining where to focus our efforts next. .... I learned which machinery to focus our OEE efforts first.... "
  (Eric White, Industrial Engineer, Boeing)

• "Excellent"
  (Shane Misrasi, TPM Trainer/Facilitator, Autoliv ASP)

• "I Learned about the human element of OEE calculation as a means to enlightening the workplace to improvement needs." "Very Good Style, Thanks Arno!"
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• "I learned that we are calculating OEE correctly and found an additional graph that we can use". "Good content"
  (Pete Schmitz, TPM Manager, Cypress Semiconductor)

• "Teaching materials and oral instructions made for a comfortable learning environment"
  (a Boeing Machinist)

New Orleans TPM conference (2), Jan. 1999

• "Arno did an excellent job of drawing out questions from his class. This is very important; to have a give and take atmosphere. This course is great for anyone just starting out doing OEE at their plant. .... It covered subject matter very well." "I liked his remark to keep data collection as ''simple'' as possible"
  (Roger Bak, FTPM OEE Coordinator, Ford Motor Co.)

• "The instruction was good. The speaker knew his material"
  (Kevin Podjaski, Team Leader, Presto Products Co.)

• "This is the 3th time I have been through a OEE course and the one by far gave out the most training"
  (TPM Facilitator, Wabash Alloys)

• "Better understanding of OEE and learned about different tools to use. The material was well covered and explained"
  (Jan Frey, Process Instructor, York International)

• "I learned how to obtain pertinent data on machines and what it can mean. It was very well presented"
  (Ron Baldridge, A/c & Ref Mech. Boeing)

• "I gained insight in the importance of OEE & how it is the core for making focussed improvement. I need to roll this out to facilities equipment, i.e. pumps, chillers, air handlers etc."
  (Ronald Bryenton, TPM manager, Intel Corp)

• "OEE is a very useful tool for every manufacturer. This course helps train trainers who implement TPM. The OEE Toolkit software will be very helpful"
  (Bob Aumiller, Purchasing Engineering Coordinator, Honda of America Manuf. Inc.)

• "I gained insight in different ways to track data. I learned one needs more buy in of the shopfloor." "Excellent"
  (Robert Tardif, ACE pilot, Pratt & Whitney)

• "The 8 steps seem to make implementation smoother. The instructor mostly talked real world. He knows the material"
  (Howard Ricci, ACE pilot, Pratt & Whitney)

• "It seems every company is struggling with this - somebody is finely teaching it"
  (Michael Page, OCI, Pratt & Whitney)

• "Instructor enthusiastic and kept my attention"
  (John Pinkerton, Equipment Supervisor, Kodak)

• "I learned about the importance of OEE. Good overview of approach & some of the difficulties my company is having. Good material & presentation"
  (Jim Carter, Continuos Improvement, Pratt & Whitney)

• "Understanding of OEE - Practice experience is evident"
  (Mike Schoonover, Corning Inc.)

• "I learned how to design the OEE for a machine and the importance of developing OEE prior to starting TPM. The material was very easy to follow and presented in an excellent manner"
  (Walt Stare III, TPM coordinator, York International)

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Las Vegas TPM conference, Sept 1999

September 22th, 1999, I did two 4 hr workshops at the Las Vegas TPM conference. Basically they covered the same content, but one was focussed on process industry and the other on discrete industry.

Workshop 1: Overcoming Obstacles to using OEE in Process Industry

General rating:

• "Short but consice and helpfull; Working with principles - very good"
  (Tracy Strawn, Oil & Gas expl. & prod., Area Energy)

• "Good presentation, keep on breaking this subject down"
  (Supervisor maintenance, Airbag manuf.)

• "Helpfull & informative"
  (Union President, Preston Miracle)

• "Excellent, Well presented, I''m going to take this info and present it at my facility"
  (Tim Womack, Manufacturing Manager, John Harland Co.)

• "Very usefull for companies wanting an introduction to OEE"
  (TPM Facilitator, Airbag components manuf. )

• "Excellent. Obviously content expert on OEE"
  (Lee Plagata, Facilities engr, Intel Corp.)

• "Course was useful, excellent presentation"
  (Philip M. Bacal, Section Manager, Fairchild Semiconductor)

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Las Vegas TPM conference, Sept 1999

Workshop 2: Overcoming Obstacles to using OEE in Discrete Industry

General rating:

• "Excellent - well presented."
  (Mark Foster, TPM program manager, Texas Instruments)

• "Outstanding. This session alone was worth the cost of attending the conference. I could go home now and know I got my money''s worth. Arno is so knowledgable about this, and his approach is simple and straight forward. The best I have seen at these conferences"
  (Peter Volkert, TPM coordinator, Texas Instruments)

• "Very good intro on how/where to apply OEE and the ''value'' it provides. Presented knowledge of application of OEE under different process conditions!"
  (Snr Vice President QRE, Semiconductor Pkg)

• "Very good instructor, very energetic, very knowledgable"
  (M. Hawes, Operations Mgr, BP)

• "Lifely, fast paced, listens to questions"
  (Johnny M. Tan, TPM manager, Fairchild Semiconductor Malaysia)

• "Outstanding - Very informative. Best presentation I''ve experienced here"
  (Jason R. Tedder, Scheduling Mgr. Fiber Optics)

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